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Accounting, Associate of Applied Science Degree

Overview

Offered at the Augusta, Waynesboro, and Thomson campuses

Entrance Dates:Fall and Spring
Length of Program:Five Terms
Credit Hours Required for Graduation:64

Program Description: The associate degree program is a sequence of courses that prepares students for careers in the accounting profession. Learning opportunities develop academic, technical, and professional knowledge and skills required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. Areas covered in this program include maintaining a set of books for business entities, account classifications, subsidiary record accounting, corporate accounting, cost accounting, payroll, computerized accounting, spreadsheet and database fundamentals, tax preparation, and word processing. The program emphasizes a combination of accounting theory and practical application necessary for successful employment using both manual and computerized accounting systems. Program graduates receive an Accounting Associate of Applied Science degree. High school graduation or GED is required for admission to this program.

Employment Opportunities: As an accounting technician assistant, the graduate can look forward to an interesting and rewarding career with public accounting firms, banking and credit companies, governmental agencies, service businesses, and merchandising/ manufacturing corporations.

Curriculum Outline

General Core Courses, 15 credits

ENGL 1101COMPOSITION & RHETORIC

3
 
MATH 1101MATHEMATICAL MODELING

3
OR
MATH 1103QUANTITATIVE SKILLS & REASONING

3
OR
MATH 1111COLLEGE ALGEBRA

3
 
AREA II
Social/Behavioral Science Elective*

3
 
AREA IV
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective*

3
 
XXXX XXXX
General Core Elective*

3

 
 

Occupational Courses, 31 credits

ACCT 1100FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I

4
ACCT 1105FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II

4
ACCT 2000Managerial Accounting

3
ACCT 1115COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING

3
ACCT 1120SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS

4
ACCT 1125INDIVIDUAL TAX ACCOUNTING

3
ACCT 1130PAYROLL ACCOUNTING

3
BUSN 1440DOCUMENT PRODUCTION

4
COMP 1000INTRO TO COMPUTER LITERACY

3

BUSN 1440: see **note below

Accounting Electives, 9 credits

ACCT XXXX
Elective

9

Free Electives (occupational or general core), 9 credits

Approved Accounting Electives

ACCT 2105ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIP II

8
ACCT 2110Accounting Simulation

3
ACCT 2120Business Tax Accounting

3
ACCT 2130INTEGRATED ACCT MGT SYSTEMS

3
ACCT 2135INTRO GOV & NONPROFIT ACCTG

3
ACCT 2140Legal Environment of Business

3
ACCT 2145Personal Finance

3
ACCT 2150Principles of Auditing

3
ACCT 2155Principles of Fraud Examinatio

3
ACCT 2210Secure Accounting I

4
ACCT 2220Secure Accounting II

4
BUSN 1100INTRODUCTION TO KEYBOARDING

3
MKTG 1100Principles of Marketing

3
MKTG 2210Entrepreneurship

6
MGMT 1100PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

3
MGMT 1105ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

3

Note:

  • *For a complete listing of all General Education Courses click General Education Degree Courses (Area I, II, III, IV).
  • **The prerequisite for BUSN 1440, Document Production, which students take second term, is the ability to key (type) at least 25 words per minute with keys covered. If a student cannot type at this speed, BUSN 1100 will need to be completed during the student’s first term to attain this speed prior to enrolling into BUSN 1440. If students do not need to take BUSN 1100, students will not take an elective class during the first term but will take an accounting elective during the fifth term.
  • Accounting Degree students must have a final grade of “C” or higher in all ACCT occupational courses to meet prerequisite requirements and quality for graduation.

Guided Pathway

Augusta FALL ADMITS Day/Online

PROGRAM NAME: Accounting AC 13

AWARD: Associate of Applied Science Degree

CAMPUS: Augusta FALL ADMITS Day/Online

Year 1 Fall Semester

ACCT 1100FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I

4
ACCT 1125INDIVIDUAL TAX ACCOUNTING

3
COMP 1000INTRO TO COMPUTER LITERACY

3
ENGL 1101COMPOSITION & RHETORIC

3

Year 1 Spring Semester

ACCT 1105FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II

4
ACCT XXXX
Program Related Elective

3
 
MATH 1101MATHEMATICAL MODELING

3
OR
MATH 1103QUANTITATIVE SKILLS & REASONING

3
OR
MATH 1111COLLEGE ALGEBRA

3
 
AREA IV
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective*

3

Year 1 Summer Semester

ACCT 1130PAYROLL ACCOUNTING

3
ACCT 1115COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING

3
AREA II
Social/Behavioral Science Elective*

3
ACCT/BUSN XXXX
Must include BUSN 1100 if needed or ACCT elective as approved by program advisor

3

Year 2 Fall Semester

ACCT 2000Managerial Accounting

3
ACCT 2130INTEGRATED ACCT MGT SYSTEMS

3
ACCT 1120SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS

4
BUSN 1440DOCUMENT PRODUCTION

4

Year 2 Spring Semester

ACCT 2105ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIP II

8
ACCT XXXX
Program Related Elective

3
 
XXXX XXXX
General Core Elective*

3

*Refer to the College catalog for course prerequisite requirements.

Students who choose to not follow the Course Sequence listed above may not be able to complete the program in the number of semesters shown above.

The Augusta Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender or disability. For information on Title IX, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Shannon Patterson at (706) 771-4013 or in Building 100. For information on ADA/504, contact the ADA/504 Coordinator, Karissa D. Wright, at (706) 7714067 or go to the Counseling Center in Building 1300.

Augusta SPRING ADMITS Day/Online

PROGRAM NAME: Accounting AC 13

AWARD: Associate of Applied Science Degree

CAMPUS: Augusta SPRING ADMITS Day/Online

Year 1 Spring Semester

ACCT 1100FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I

4
ACCT 1125INDIVIDUAL TAX ACCOUNTING

3
COMP 1000INTRO TO COMPUTER LITERACY

3
ENGL 1101COMPOSITION & RHETORIC

3

Year 1 Summer Semester

ACCT 1105FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II

4
ACCT XXXX
Program Related Elective

3
 
MATH 1101MATHEMATICAL MODELING

3
OR
MATH 1103QUANTITATIVE SKILLS & REASONING

3
OR
MATH 1111COLLEGE ALGEBRA

3
 
AREA IV
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective*

3

Year 1 Fall Semester

ACCT 1130PAYROLL ACCOUNTING

3
ACCT 1115COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING

3
AREA II
Social/Behavioral Science Elective*

3
ACCT/BUSN XXXX
Must include BUSN 1100 if needed or ACCT elective as approved by program advisor

3

Year 2 Spring Semester

ACCT 2000Managerial Accounting

3
ACCT 2130INTEGRATED ACCT MGT SYSTEMS

3
ACCT 1120SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS

4
BUSN 1440DOCUMENT PRODUCTION

4

Year 2 Summer Semester

ACCT 2105ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIP II

8
ACCT XXXX
Program Related Elective

3
 
XXXX XXXX
General Education Elective*

3

*Refer to the College catalog for course prerequisite requirements.

Students who choose to not follow the Course Sequence listed above may not be able to complete the program in the number of semesters shown above.

The Augusta Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender or disability. For information on Title IX, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Shannon Patterson at (706) 771-4013 or in Building 100. For information on ADA/504, contact the ADA/504 Coordinator, Karissa D. Wright, at (706) 7714067 or go to the Counseling Center in Building 1300.

Thomson Day Program

PROGRAM NAME: Accounting

AWARD: Associate of Applied Science Degree

CAMPUS: Thomson Day Program

Year 1 Fall Semester

ENGL 1101COMPOSITION & RHETORIC

3
COMP 1000INTRO TO COMPUTER LITERACY

3
ACCT 1100FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I

4
XXXX XXXX
Accounting Elective

3

Year 1 Spring Semester

MATH 1101MATHEMATICAL MODELING

3
OR
MATH 1111COLLEGE ALGEBRA

3
OR
MATH 1103QUANTITATIVE SKILLS & REASONING

3
 
ACCT 1105FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II

4
ACCT 1115COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING

3
ACCT 1130PAYROLL ACCOUNTING

3

Year 1 Summer Semester

ACCT 1120SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS

4
AREA II
Social/Behavioral Science Elective*

3
AREA IV
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective*

3
XXXX XXXX
Accounting Elective

3

Year 2 Fall Semester

ACCT 2000Managerial Accounting

3
ACCT 1125INDIVIDUAL TAX ACCOUNTING

3
ACCT 2110Accounting Simulation

3
BUSN 1440DOCUMENT PRODUCTION

4
XXXX XXXX
General Core Elective/and or an ACCT elective

3

Year 2 Spring Semester

XXXX XXXX
Accounting/Free Electives

9

Year 2 Summer Semester

XXXX XXXX
General Core Elective/and or an ACCT elective

3

Note: Accounting courses may be offered online. Suggested elective for Fall Semester Year 1 is BUSN 1100.

*Refer to the College catalog for course prerequisite requirements.

Students who choose to not follow the Course Sequence listed above may not be able to complete the program in the number of semesters shown above.

The Augusta Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender or disability. For information on Title IX, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Shannon Patterson at (706) 771-4013 or in Building 100. For information on ADA/504, contact the ADA/504 Coordinator, Karissa D. Wright, at (706) 7714067 or go to the Counseling Center in Building 1300.

Waynesboro Day Program

PROGRAM NAME: Accounting

AWARD: Associate of Applied Science Degree

CAMPUS: Waynesboro Day Program

Year 1 Fall Semester

ENGL 1101COMPOSITION & RHETORIC

3
COMP 1000INTRO TO COMPUTER LITERACY

3
ACCT 1100FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I

4
XXXX XXXX
Accounting Elective

3

Year 1 Spring Semester

MATH 1101MATHEMATICAL MODELING

3
OR
MATH 1111COLLEGE ALGEBRA

3
OR
MATH 1103QUANTITATIVE SKILLS & REASONING

3
 
ACCT 1105FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II

4
ACCT 1115COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING

3
ACCT 1130PAYROLL ACCOUNTING

3

Year 1 Summer Semester

ACCT 1120SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS

4
XXXX XXXX
Accounting Elective

3
AREA II
Social/Behavioral Science Elective*

3
AREA IV
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective*

3

Year 2 Fall Semester

ACCT 2000Managerial Accounting

3
ACCT 1125INDIVIDUAL TAX ACCOUNTING

3
ACCT 2110Accounting Simulation

3
BUSN 1440DOCUMENT PRODUCTION

4
XXXX XXXX
General Core Elective/and or an ACCT elective

3

Year 2 Spring Semester

XXXX XXXX
Accounting/Free Electives

9

Year 2 Summer Semester

XXXX XXXX
General Core Elective/and or an ACCT elective

3

Note: Accounting courses may only be offered online. See Advisor for course availability. Suggested elective for Fall Semester Year 1 is BUSN 1100.

*Refer to the College catalog for course prerequisite requirements.

Students who choose to not follow the Course Sequence listed above may not be able to complete the program in the number of semesters shown above.

The Augusta Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender or disability. For information on Title IX, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Shannon Patterson at (706) 771-4013 or in Building 100. For information on ADA/504, contact the ADA/504 Coordinator, Karissa D. Wright, at (706) 7714067 or go to the Counseling Center in Building 1300.